01656nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260001800042653002200060653001400082653001100096653002900107653002000136653002500156100003000181700002200211700001800233700001600251245008000267856007200347300001000419490000700429520095200436022001401388       2016                            d  cjulbElsevier10aVisual disability10aBlindness10aCoping10aPsychological adjustment10aQuality of life10aPsycho-ophthalmology1 aJorge Luis Méndez-Ulrich1 aLuca Prats-Basset1 aFelipe Yagüe1 aAntoni Sanz00aPerceived control, coping and psychological adjustment to visual disability  uhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S113479371630029X  a55-610 v223 aA group of 35 visually impaired people participated in a cross-sectional, correlational study in order to assess the role of control beliefs on coping, perceived quality of life and psychological adjustment to disability. Participants completed a battery of psychometric tests that were adapted to an oral presentation format in the context of a structured interview. Results suggest that resilient coping, quality of life and psychological adjustment are related to perceived competence, but not to disability severity, the cause of disability (congenital or supervening) or gender. Moreover, increased perceived competence leads to a decrease in anxiety and depression symptoms, a reduction of negative affectivity and greater positive affectivity. The possible applications of these findings in clinical psychology practice aimed at improving psychological adjustment and optimising the process of adaptation to visual impairment are discussed.  a1134-7937